Xinhua News Agency back issues from Sunday, September 14:
Syrian foreign minister telephones Arafat over Mideast situation
Sep 14, 2003 ... Syrian foreign minister telephones Arafat over Mideast situation GAZA, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- Syrian Foreign Minister Faruk al- SharehSunday telephoned Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at hisheadquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah, officials said. The official Palestinian ...
Writethru: Powell arrives in Baghdad
Sep 14, 2003 ... Writethru: Powell arrives in Baghdad Eds: Updates with background BAGHDAD, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- US Secretary of State Colin Powellflew into Baghdad on Sunday morning from Kuwait on a historic visit. Powell is the highest ranking US official to visit Iraq since theoverthrow of ...
Urgent: Guinea-Bissau military seizes power
Sep 14, 2003 ... Urgent: Guinea-Bissau military seizes powerLUANDA, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- Guinea-Bissau President Kumba Yala isbeing held by soldiers who apparently seized power Sunday, localradio ...
Kong withdraws from China Open men's doubles final
Sep 14, 2003 ... Kong withdraws from China Open men's doubles finalFUZHOU, Southeast China, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Olympic andworld table tennis champion Kong Linghui withdrew from the men 'sdoubles final due to injury at the Panasonic China Open, after hequit the singles quarterfinal on ...
Britain, US shelve report on Iraq banned weapons: report
Sep 14, 2003 ... Britain, US shelve report on Iraq banned weapons: reportLONDON, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- Britain and the United States havedecided to delay the publication of a full report on Iraq's weaponsof mass destruction after inspectors found no evidence that any suchweapons exist in the ...
Major news items in leading Nigerian newspapers
Sep 14, 2003 ... Major news items in leading Nigerian newspapersLAGOS, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Nigerian newspapers on Sunday. The Guardian: -- Major General Mohammadu Buhari, presidential candidate of theAll Nigerian Peoples' Party (ANPP), ...
World athletics final results (1)
Sep 14, 2003 ... World athletics final results (1)MONACO, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) --Following are the results from the World athletics final on Saturday: Men's long jump 1. Dwight Phillips, United States,8.31 meters 2. Taher Hussein Al-Sabee, Saudi Arabia, 8.30 ...
Ryu Seung-min ousts Chen Qi to reach semifinals at China Open
Sep 14, 2003 ... Ryu Seung-min ousts Chen Qi to reach semifinals at China OpenFUZHOU, South China, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- As the only non- Chineseplayer left in the men's singles, Ryu Seung-Min of South Korea endedChen Qi's magic run to enter the semifinals at the China Open tabletennis ...
Opener, Advisory
Sep 14, 2003 ... Xinhua News Agency closes its cycle of English service forSaturday, September 13, 2003, and begins ...
World athletics final results (3)
Sep 14, 2003 ... World athletics final results (3)Men's 3,000 meters 1. Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopia, seven minutes 36.98 seconds 2. John Kibowen, Kenya,7:38.21 3. Abraham Chebii, Kenya, 7:39.28 4. Mucheru Maina Leonard, Kenya, ...
Domestic news items released by Xinhua -- Sept. 13
Sep 14, 2003 ... Domestic news items released by Xinhua -- Sept. 13BEIJING, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Following are domestic news itemsreleased by Xinhua on Saturday: German president leaves for Nanjing Three injured in HK fire Special financing earmarked for protection of ...
World athletics final results (2)
Sep 14, 2003 ... World athletics final results (2)Men's 110 meters hurdles 1. Allen Johnson, United States, 13.11 seconds 2. Terrence Trammell, United States, 13.17 3. Stanislavs Olijars, Latvia, 13.25 4. Xiang Liu, China,...
World athletics final results (4-last)
Sep 14, 2003 ... World athletics final results (4-last)Women's 1,500 meters 1. Sureyya Ayhan, Turkey, 3:57.72 2. JacklineMaranga, Kenya,4:01.48 3. Hayley Tullett, Britain, 4:01.60 4. Joanne Pavey, Britain, 4:01.79 5.Judit Varga, Hungary, ...
News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua
Sep 14, 2003 ... News Items from Asia-Pacific Desk of XinhuaHONG KONG, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Following are news items from theAsia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Saturday:hka -- Three injured in HK fire Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers Major news items ...
Results of Brazilian ATP tennis tournament
Sep 14, 2003 ... Results of Brazilian ATP tennis tournamentRIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results ofan ATP tennis tournament in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil on Saturday(prefix number denotes seeding): Quarter-finals 1-Rainer Schuettler, ...
Senior Chinese leader visits Beijing Science, Technology Expo
Sep 14, 2003 ... Senior Chinese leader visits Beijing Science, Technology ExpoBEIJING, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Senior Chinese leader Jia Qinglin onSaturday visited the ongoing China (Beijing) International Scienceand Technology Industrial Expo, which runs from Sept. 12- 15. Jia, member of the ...
Hoya says to retire if he loses
Sep 14, 2003 ... Hoya says to retire if he losesWASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- The WBC and WBA middleweighttitle-holder Oscar De La Hoya said he will retire if he losesSaturday's battle against Shane Mosley at Las Vegas, Nevada. "I've trained so hard for this fight, like never before," De ...
Developing countries demand release of "details" of WTO draft
Sep 14, 2003 ... Developing countries demand release of "details" of WTO draftCANCUN, Mexico, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- A majority of the countriesof the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Saturday questioned theabsence of "important details" in the final declaration draft of the5th WTO ministerial ...
Major news items in leading Philippine newspapers
Sep 14, 2003 ... Major news items in leading Philippine newspapersMANILA, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Philippine newspapers on Sunday.Manila Bulletin: -- The government Saturday denounced accusations that it isbullying the Senate to stop its ...
PLC session in Ramallah on Sunday postponed: official
Sep 14, 2003 ... PLC session in Ramallah on Sunday postponed: officialGAZA, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Deputy Speaker of the PalestinianLegislative Council (PLC) Ibrahim Abu Najja on Saturday said thescheduled meeting of the PLC that was supposed to be held on Sundayin the West Bank town of Ramallah ...
China files 24 anti-dumping cases since 1997: official
Sep 14, 2003 ... China files 24 anti-dumping cases since 1997: officialBEIJING, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- China has registered a total of 25anti-dumping cases against overseas producers since 1997, when itissued its regulation on anti-dumping and subsidies, an anti- dumpingofficial said on Saturday ....
Anti-dumping charges against China exceed 500: official
Sep 14, 2003 ... Anti-dumping charges against China exceed 500: officialBEIJING, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- Anti-dumping charges against Chinesemanufacturers by overseas countries totaled 500 by the end of 2002,costing China dozens of billions in lost export revenues, a tradeofficial said on Saturday ....
Arafat condemns Israeli government's decision to expel him
Sep 14, 2003 ... Arafat condemns Israeli government's decision to expel himGAZA, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafatdenounced on Saturday the Israeli security cabinet's decision toexpel him out of the Palestinian territories and consider him "anobstacle for peace." ...
English premier league standings
Sep 14, 2003 ... English premier league standingsLONDON, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Following are the English premierleague soccer standings after matches played on Saturday ( tabulatedunder games played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points): 1. Arsenal 5 4 1 0 11 ...
US envoy reiterates rejection of removing Arafat
Sep 14, 2003 ... US envoy reiterates rejection of removing ArafatGAZA, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- US Middle East peace envoy John Wolfannounced on Saturday his country's rejection to the Israeligovernment's decision to remove Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Wolf told reporters following his ...
Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- Sept. 14
Sep 14, 2003 ... Highlights of major Beijing-based newspapers -- Sept. 14BEIJING, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- Following are the highlights ofmajor Beijing-based newspapers on Sunday:People's Daily -- Jia Qinglin, chairman of the National Committee of the ChinesePeople's Political ...
Summaries of Saturday's German first division soccer matches
Sep 14, 2003 ... Summaries of Saturday's German first division soccer matchesBERLIN, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Following are the summaries of Germanfirst division soccer matches played on Saturday: VfL Wolfsburg 3 - Fernando Baiano 11, 83, Diego Klimowicz 89 Bayern ...
Standings of German first division soccer league
Sep 14, 2003 ... Standings of German first division soccer leagueBERLIN, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of Germanfirst division soccer league after the matches played on Saturday(tabulated under games played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, againstand points): 1. Bayer ...
Chinese lighter producers win EU anti-dumping suitBy Jiang Guocheng
Sep 14, 2003 ... Chinese lighter producers win EU anti-dumping suit By JiangGuochengWENZHOU, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- China's major lighter producers havewon an anti-dumping suit launched by their European counterparts, thefirst victory Chinese firms have won against anti-dumping actionfiled by ...
McGrady says five percent of NBA players are gay
Sep 14, 2003 ... McGrady says five percent of NBA players are gayWASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Orlando Magic star Tracy McGradyrecently told a New York magazine for its November issue that hebelieves five percent of NBA players are gay. McGrady made his comments to Stuff ...
Leading scorers in German first division soccer league
Sep 14, 2003 ... Leading scorers in German first division soccer leagueBERLIN, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading scorers inthe German first division soccer league after Saturday's matches: 6 - Martin Max (Hansa Rostock) 4 - Ailton (Werder Bremen), Marcio Amoroso ...
Spurs fail to end Chelsea jinx
Sep 14, 2003 ... Spurs fail to end Chelsea jinxLONDON, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Chelsea continued their clean recordagainst Tottenham Hotspur by pulling off a 4-2 home victory in anentertaining London derby on Saturday. The Blues extended their unbeaten league run against Spurs to 27matches ...
English premier league results
Sep 14, 2003 ... English premier league resultsLONDON, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of Englishpremier league soccer matches played on Saturday: Arsenal tied Portsmouth 1-1 Blackburn Rovers lost to Liverpool 1-3 Bolton Wanderers beat Middlesbrough 2-0 ...
Pistons sign Milicic
Sep 14, 2003 ... Pistons sign MilicicWASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Detroit Pistons had signed a11-million-U.S.-dollar, three-year contract with Darko Milicic onSaturday, the No. 2 overall pick in June's NBA draft. Milicic, seven feet and two, 245 pounds, settled a contract ...
Leading scorers of English premier league
Sep 14, 2003 ... Leading scorers of English premier leagueLONDON, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Following are the leading scorers inthe English premier league after Saturday's matches: 5 - Teddy Sheringham (Portsmouth), Michael Owen (Liverpool), Alan Shearer (Newcastle United) 4 - ...
Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Sept. 14
Sep 14, 2003 ... Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Sept. 14LONDON -- British police investigating a full-scale securityalert, which closed Gatwick Airport for five hours, ruled outSaturday the possibility of an attempted terrorist attack. Two people were released on police bail ...
Chinese experts warn against return of SARS
Sep 14, 2003 ... Chinese experts warn against return of SARSGUANGZHOU, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- Medical experts at a symposium onthe prevention of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) Saturdaywarned people against the re-emergence of the disease, days afterSingapore reported a new case of the ...
Thailand bids to host 2006 International Children Games
Sep 14, 2003 ... Thailand bids to host 2006 International Children GamesBANGKOK, Sept. 14, (Xinhua) -- The Bangkok MetropolitanAdministration (BMA) is putting in a bid to host the 2006International Children Games (ICG). Pranee Satayaprakorb, Director sports division of the BMA, wasquoted ...
Major news items in leading Indian newspapers
Sep 14, 2003 ... Major news items in leading Indian newspapersNEW DELHI, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading Indian newspapers on Sunday. The Hindustan Times: -- King Jigme Synge Wangchuk of Bhutan arrives in New Delhi onSunday on a four-day state ...
Drug tunnel found under Mexico-US border
Sep 14, 2003 ... Drug tunnel found under Mexico-US borderMEXICO CITY, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- A tunnel used by traffickers tomove drugs from Mexico to the United States was discovered Saturdayunder the common border. The 300-meter-long tunnel, with a diameter of 2.0 meters, isequipped with ...
Mexico, Bolivia sign cooperation agreement
Sep 14, 2003 ... Mexico, Bolivia sign cooperation agreementCANCUN, Mexico, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Mexico and Bolivia signed amemorandum of understanding on Saturday for technical cooperation inthe economics, commerce and investment. The document was signed by Mexican Economy Minister ...
Wild forest fires rake Portugal again
Sep 14, 2003 ... Wild forest fires rake Portugal againLISBON, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- More than 1,000 firefighters battledfrom land and air in Portugal, on Saturday, to control raging forestfires which had forced the evacuation of dozens of people from theirhomes. The return of scorching ...
China willing to play constructive role in WTO talks, saysambassador
Sep 14, 2003 ... China willing to play constructive role in WTO talks, saysambassadorCANCUN, Mexico, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- China has fully participatedin and supported the launch of Doha Development Agenda, and iswilling to play a constructive role in future talks of the WorldTrade Organization ...
Italian Serie A summaries
Sep 14, 2003 ... Italian Serie A summariesROME, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Following are the summaries of ItalianSerie A matches played on Saturday: AC Milan 2 - Andriy Shevchenko 10, Filippo Inzaghi 85 Bologna ...
University student stabs 8 schoolmates in south China
Sep 14, 2003 ... University student stabs 8 schoolmates in south ChinaNANNING, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- Eight students were stabbed by theirschoolmate Saturday on campus in south China's Guangxi ZhuangAutonomous Region, with three of them in critical condition. The eight stabbed female students ...
Results of French Ligue 1 (updated)
Sep 14, 2003 ... Results of French Ligue 1 (updated)PARIS, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of FrenchLigue 1 soccer matches played on Saturday: Olympique Lyon tied AJ Auxerre 1-1 Lille tied Monaco 1-1 Bastia bt En Avant Guingamp 4-2 ...
Belgium offers help for developing countries in WTO
Sep 14, 2003 ... Belgium offers help for developing countries in WTOCANCUN, Mexico, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Belgium announced on Saturdaya two-million-euro (2.24-million-US-dollar) donation to supportbetter integration among developing countries in the activities ofthe World Trade Organization ...
Japan urged to send troops to Iraq early
Sep 14, 2003 ... Japan urged to send troops to Iraq earlyTOKYO, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- The United States is demanding Japanto send troops to Iraq early to help rebuild the war-torn country,Kyodo News reported Sunday. The United States is displeased with the uncertain outlook forsending the ...
Bolivia proposes political body for regional coordination
Sep 14, 2003 ... Bolivia proposes political body for regional coordinationMEXICO CITY, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Bolivian PresidentGonzalo Sanchez de Lozada on Saturday proposed creating a new LatinAmerican political forum, parallel to the existing Group of Rio, forcoordinating most ...
Summaries of English premier league soccer matches
Sep 14, 2003 ... Summaries of English premier league soccer matchesLONDON, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Following are the summaries ofEnglish premier league soccer matches played on Saturday: Arsenal 1 - Thierry Henry 40pen Portsmouth 1 - Teddy Sheringham 26 ...
French Ligue 1 standings
Sep 14, 2003 ... French Ligue 1 standingsPARIS, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of FrenchLigue 1 after a soccer match played on Saturday (tabulated undergames played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against and points): 1. Monaco 5 4 0 1 105 12 ...
Standings of French Ligue 1 (updated)
Sep 14, 2003 ... Standings of French Ligue 1 (updated)PARIS, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of FrenchLigue 1 after the soccer matches played on Saturday ( tabulated undergames played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against and points): 1. Olympique Marseille 6 5 0 1 ...
6 dancers killed in road crash in Indonesia
Sep 14, 2003 ... 6 dancers killed in road crash in IndonesiaJAKARTA, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- Six members of a local Reog dancetroupe were killed when the military truck carrying them had a head-on collision with another truck in Central Java province, the dailyJakarta Post reported here Sunday ....
Panamanians protest privatization plan for social security
Sep 14, 2003 ... Panamanians protest privatization plan for social securityPANAMA CITY, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Tens of thousands of Panamanianstook to the streets of the capital city on Saturday to protest thegovernment's possible plans to privatize the country's socialsecurity system. The ...
Oil production meeting OPEC quota, says Venezuela
Sep 14, 2003 ... Oil production meeting OPEC quota, says VenezuelaCARACAS, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- The extraction of crude oil inVenezuela exceeds three million barrels per day (bpd) and meets the2.92-million-bpd quota set by the Organization of Petroleum ExportingCountries (OPEC), state-run oil ...
Inzaghi in fine form to push AC Milan forward
Sep 14, 2003 ... Inzaghi in fine form to push AC Milan forwardROME, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Filippo Inzaghi, who contributed fourgoals to Italy in two European championship qualifiers last week,scored the decisive goal for AC Milan against Bologna on Saturdaywith only five minutes to go. In ...
Italian Serie A standings
Sep 14, 2003 ... Italian Serie A standingsROME, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of ItalianSerie A after the soccer matches played on Saturday ( tabulated undergames played, won ,drawn, lost, goals for, against and points): 1. Lazio 2 2 0 0 6 2 6 2 ....
French Ligue 1 summaries (updated)
Sep 14, 2003 ... French Ligue 1 summaries (updated)PARIS, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Following are the summaries of FrenchLigue 1 soccer matches played on Saturday: Olympique Lyon 1 - Elber 43 AJ Auxerre 1 - Djibril Cisse 28 Halftime: 1-1; Attendance: 38,000 ...
French Ligue 1 summary
Sep 14, 2003 ... French Ligue 1 summaryPARIS, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Following is the summary of a FrenchLigue 1 soccer match played on ...
Result of French Ligue 1
Sep 14, 2003 ... Result of French Ligue 1PARIS, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Following is the result of ...
US extradites three suspect traffickers from Colombia
Sep 14, 2003 ... US extradites three suspect traffickers from ColombiaBOGOTA, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Three Colombians accused of drugtrafficking and money laundering have been extradited by Colombianauthorities to the United States, local media reported Saturday. According to the reports, the ...
Italian Serie A results
Sep 14, 2003 ... Italian Serie A resultsROME, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of ItalianSerie A soccer matches played on Saturday: AC Milan bt Bologna 2-1 Sampdoria lost to Lazio 1-2 ...
Major news items in leading Japanese newspapers
Sep 14, 2003 ... Major news items in leading Japanese newspapersTOKYO, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news items inleading Japanese newspapers on Sunday: Mainichi: -- Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is to secure 60percent of votes by lawmakers of the ruling ...
Developing members find strength in blocs at WTO meeting
Sep 14, 2003 ... Developing members find strength in blocs at WTO meetingCANCUN, Mexico, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Developing members haveformed three major blocs at the 5th ministerial meeting of the WorldTrade Organization (WTO) in a bid to raise their voices innegotiations with the developed ...
Argentina leads in drugs related AIDS cases in Latin America
Sep 14, 2003 ... Argentina leads in drugs related AIDS cases in Latin AmericaBUENOS AIRES, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Argentina has the biggestpercentage of AIDS cases related to the consumption of intravenousdrugs in Latin America, according to official figures releasedSaturday by the daily, Clarin ....